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Evidence Based Medicine II

Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) II is a required course for all students at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. It is the second part of the two-part course Evidence Based Medicine, and is taken by second-year students. The course goals are:

To demonstrate and contextualize how key concepts of biostatistics, epidemiology, and evidence based medcine are used in the medical literature and applied to patient care.

To teach students to evaluate the medical literature and apply evidence to patient care.

To teach students the process and approach of conducting a literature search, critically assessing different information sources, and fully utilizing electronic, digital and other technologies essential in practicing evidence based medicine.

To review the biostatistics and epidemiology knowledge components taught in EBM I and required for the USMLE Step 1 Examination.